The Ministry of Internal Affairs was instructed to provide information on the criminal record of candidates in the State Duma elections.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will provide information on the criminal record of candidates for the State Duma elections. This follows from a document published on June 1 on the official Internet portal of legal information.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, within the limits of its established competence, should ensure <...> verification and provision, according to the submissions of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, of election commissions of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and district election commissions, of information <...> on the existence of previous or existing criminal records (convictions) of candidates," the document says.

It is noted that the categories of the crime should also be indicated, as well as information on whether it is included in the list of extremist orientation.

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